Uterine anomalies: causes, types, and why they matter.
Objective. The educational objectives of this continuing medical education activity are for the reader to exercise, self-assess, and improve skills in diagnostic radiology with regard to the interpretation of hysterosalpingograms and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the female pelvis in the evaluation of recurrent reproductive failure caused by congenital uterine anomalies.
Women with a bicornuate uterus and recurrent pregnancy loss, after exclusion of other causes of recurrent pregnancy loss. In contrast to the septate uterus, most women with a bicornuate uterus have pregnancy outcomes close to those of the general population; however, since some women with this anomaly have recurrent pregnancy loss, uterine reunification is an option after other possible causes.
A uterus that is more or less completely divided into two lateral horns as a result of imperfect fusion of the paramesonephric ducts; it differs from septate uterus, in which there is no external mark of separation; in uterus bicornis, the cervix may be single (uterus bicornate unicollis) or double (uterus bicornate bicollis). Synonym: bifid uterus, uterus bicornis, uterus bifidus. (05 Mar 2000).
Thus, while the right uterus was in strong labor, the left cornu was quiescent. Of great interest is the observation of Davies and CeIIan-Jones that pregnancy may occur alternately In the horns of uterus didelphys. I have personally observed eighteen cases of congenital uterine anomaly and one case of fibroid uterus which simulated an anomaly.
The incidence of the uterine malformations is estimated to be between 3 and 4% in the general population. These relatively frequent pathologies are often revealed at the time of the first sonographic examination in early pregnancy. The prevalence of the particular types of the uterine malformations is difficult to estimate. However, the septate uterus seems to be the most frequent anomaly.
Absent Uterus. This anomaly, also called uterine agenesis, is when the uterus never develops. Women who do not have a uterus cannot carry a pregnancy, but can still have their own biological children with the use of in vitro fertilization (IVF) and a gestational carrier. If you have been diagnosed with, or are suspected of having a uterine anomaly, the physicians at Colorado Reproductive.
The female reproductive system includes the ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, vagina, vulva, mammary glands and breasts. The female also facilitates the fertilisation of the egg by sperm after sexual intercourse and supports the development of offspring during pregnancy and infancy.